Marcelo N. PiresAssistant Professor, BiologyEmail: mpires@saddleback.edu Phone: 949-582-4809 Education 2007 - Ph.D. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of California, Riverside Advisor: Dr. David N. Reznick Dissertation Title: The Evolution of Placentas in Poeciliid Fishes 2001 - M.Sc., Biology California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Advisor: Dr. Glenn R. Stewart Thesis Title: Allocation of Reproductive Output in the Western Pond Turtle (Clemmys marmorata) in Southern California 1998 - B.Sc., Biology. Summa cum laude California State Polytechnic University, Pomona 1994-1995 – Early undergraduate work, Biology Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (UFRJ) Teaching I currently teach General Biology (Bio 20), Animal Behavior (Bio 43), Human Anatomy (Bio 11) and Human Physiology (Bio 12). In addition, I have taught the following courses at different institutions before coming to Saddleback College: General Biology (majors) , Cellular Basis of Life (non-majors), Comparative functional anatomy (non-majors), Introduction to Genetics (majors), Disease and History: From the Bubonic Plague to AIDS (non-majors), Organisms in their Environment (non-majors), Functional Anatomy of the Vertebrates, Vertebrate Zoology (majors) and Invertebrate Zoology (majors). Publications Pires, M. N., A. I. Banet, B. J. A. Pollux, D. N. Reznick. In press. Reproductive strategies in poeciliine fishes. In Evans, J., A. Pilastro and I. Schlupp (eds.). Ecology and Evolution of Poeciliid Fishes. The University of Chicago Press. Pires, M. N., K.E. McBride, R. D. Bassar, J. U. Regus, T. Garland, Jr, and D. N. Reznick. 2011. Why do placentas evolve? An evaluation of the life-history facilitation hypothesis in the fish genus Poeciliopsis. Functional Ecology 25(4): 757-768. Meredith, R. W., M. N. Pires, D. N. Reznick, M. S. Springer. 2011. Molecular phylogenetic relationships and the coevolution of placentotrophy and superfetation in Poecilia (Poeciliidae: Cyprinodontiformes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 59(1):148-57 Meredith, R. W., M. N. Pires, D. N. Reznick, M. S. Springer. 2010. A Molecular Phylogeny for Poecilia (Micropoecilia) (Poeciliidae: Cyprinodontiformes) Based on Nuclear and Mitochondrial DNA Sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 55: 631–639. Pires, M. N., J. Arendt, D. N. Reznick. 2010. The evolution of placentas and superfetation in the fish genus Poecilia (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae: subgenera Micropoecilia and Acanthophacelus). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 99: 784–796 Pollux, B. J. A., M.N. Pires, A.I. Banet, D.N. Reznick. 2009. Evolution of Placentas in the Fish Family Poeciliidae: An Empirical Study of Macroevolution. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics 40: 271-28 Turcotte, M. M., M. N. Pires, R. C. Vrijenhoek, and D. N. Reznick. 2008. Pre- and postfertilization maternal provisioning in livebearing fish species and their hybrids (Poeciliidae: Poeciliopsis). Functional Ecology 22:1118-1124. Pires, M. N., K. E. McBride, and D. N. Reznick. 2007. Interpopulation variation in life-history traits of Poeciliopsis prolifica: implications for the study of placental evolution. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A 307A:113-125. [Issue Cover Article; erratum published on May 2007] Goodman, R. H., Jr., S. K. Watanabe, K. P. Condon, M. N. Pires, and M. S. Benton. 1998. Batrachoseps gabrieli (San Gabriel Mountain slender salamander). Herpetological Review 29:171. Pires, M. N., and L. Seldin. 1997. Evaluation of Biolog system for identification of strains of Paenibacillus azotofixans. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology 71:195-200. 
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